Corner-bracket.



C. S. SKILLEN.

CORNER BRACKET. I v ATION FILED .1914. 1,147,901 Patented July 27, 1915.

i0 JO 10- 6 MIN 3 v CHARLES S. SKILLEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented may 27, 1915.

Application filed September 15, 1914. Serial No. 361,799.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. SKILLEN, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in corner brackets, the object ofthe invention being to provide an improved construction of bracket designed as a coupling device between boards at right angles to each other, to form a box or crate of knock-down or permanent construction, which securely holds the boards, strengthens the box or crate and acts as a coupling means to securely hold in a column, a series of boxes or crates piled one on top of the other.

A further object is to provide a corner bracket of the character stated which comprises a single casting which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price, and which will be exceedingly strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. 1

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my improved corner brackets in position on a box or crate. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets-removed. Fig. 3 is an end view of the bracket, and Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a modification.

1, 1 represent boards forming the sides; 2, 2 are boards forming the ends, and 3 indicate wires forming the openwork bottom of a box or crate.

The boards 1 and ends 2 are coupled and secured at right angles to each other by my improved corner brackets 1, and as allof said corner brackets are alike, the description hereinafter of one will apply alike to all.

Each corner bracket is a single casting having an angular body 5 adaptedto fit into thecorner of the box. A transverse web 6 is formed on one side of the body 5, and is strengthened by an extension 7 projecting from one edge of the body. The web 6. corresponds in Width to the thickness of the boards 1 and 2, comprising the sides and ends of the crate, and at one end, as shown at 11, projects beyond the body 5 a distance equal to the thickness of said boards. lihe projecting end 11 of web 6 is provided with a T-head or fiat enlargement 8, and the inner end of said web 6 has a cylindrical head or enlargement 9. On the upper end of the 'body 5, I preferably provide a triangular lug 10, which at its sides is set in from the sides of the body, so as to readily enter the corners of crates or boxes above and permit a number of such crates or boxes to be convenicntly piled one on top of the other without the danger of falling over. If desired, this lug 10 may be dispensed with as illustrated in the modification in Fig. 4c.

Referring to the corner bracket shown in the foreground of Fig. 1, it will be noted that board 2 has a recess 12 in its end to receive the web 6 and enlargement 9, and that the board 1 has a recess 13 in its end to receive the projecting end 11 of the web 6 with the enlargement 8 against the outer face of the side 1, effectually locking the boards together. The body 5 preferably comes flush with the upper edge of the box or crate, with the lug 10 projecting upwardly in position to project into the box or crate above. A preferable construction is to arrange the corner brackets as shown in Fig. 1, that is, to provide each board with a recess 12 at one end and a recess 13 at its other end, but the invention is not limited in this particular, and I might employ other securing means for the boards in addition to the corner brackets if so desired.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A corner bracket comprising a body adapted to fit in the corner of a box or crate, an integral transverse web on the body projecting at one end beyondthe body, and enlargements on both ends of the web, substantially as described.

2. A corner bracket comprising a body adapted to fit in the corner of a box or crate, an integral transverse web on the body projecting at one end beyond the body, enlargements on both ends of the Web, and an extension on the body extending to one end of the Web, substantially as described.

3. A corner bracket comprising a body adapted to fit in the corner of a box or crate,

an integral transverse Web on the body projecting at one end beyond the body, enlargements on both ends of the Web, and a lug projecting from one end of the body, substantially as described.

at. A corner bracket comprising a body adapted to fit in the corner of an integral transverse Web on the body projecting at one end beyond the body, enlargements on both ends of the Web, a lug projecting from one end of the body, said lug at its side set in from the outer faces of the body, substantially as described.

5. The combination with boards at right angles to each other, both boards having recesses in their ends, of a corner bracket having a body fitting the angle of the boards, a transverse Web on the body located in the a boX or crate,

recesses in both boards, and enlargements on both ends of the Web, one enlargement located in a recess and theother against the outer face of a board, substantially as described.

6. The combination With boards at right angles to each other, both boards having recesses in their ends, of a corner bracket having a body fitting the angle of the boards, a transverse Web on the body located in the recesses in both boards, enlargements on both endsof the Web, one enlargement located in a recess and the other against the outer face of a board, and a lug upwardly from the body above the boards, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES S. SKILLEN. Witnesses M. E. Drr'rns, CHAs. E. Poms.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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